Alluminae Show - You Got Issues
The show is based on certain issues that affect young people such as, domestic violence/child abuse/alcohol and drugs.
Runs for 2hours with a 15 min interval ...
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Watermans
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London
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Public Sector Efficiency Expo 2012
Public Sector Efficiency Expo is a must attend event for you if you work within central government and are involved in driving efficiency and reform across your respective department or organisation, on 6 March 2012 at Olympia Two
As a public sector professional, you are undoubtedly under a great deal of pressure to start delivering efficiency s ...
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Olympia Two
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London
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United Kingdom
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Collaborative working and partnerships
This workshop looks at why voluntary/community organisations and social enterprises should consider partnerships or collaborations. Many grant making bodies want cross community and multi-disciplinary delivery of projects.
A way forward for many smaller organisations is to partner or collaborate with one or more organisations.
You will lear ...
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Business & IP Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Social Consequences of the Global Economic Crisis in South Eastern Europe
This is the launch conference of the recently formed LSEE Research Network on Social Cohesion in South East Europe and will present work by the Network's members. ...
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LSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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A lecture by Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian
LSE European Institute-APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe series
Kristalina Georgieva is European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response.
Before joining the European Commission in February 2010, she held various positions at the World Bank. She started working there in 1993, initially as Environm ...
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LSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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A New Synthesis of Public Administration: serving in the 21st century
Governing in Turbulent Times public lecture
Crises, cascading failures, and unpredictable shocks characterise the world we live in. Jocelyne Bourgon will map out an enabling framework for governing in the 21st century.
Jocelyne Bourgon has led ambitious public sector reforms as secretary to the Cabinet of Canada. She is president of PGI (Pu ...
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LSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Building Better, More Meaningful Relationships
Why Do We Run These Events?
"When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a realtionship, we find that we're still unfullfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising.
This can go on and on until we admit that while a partner can a ...
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Radisson Edwardian Vanderbilt Hotel
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London
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United Kingdom
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Is there a better kind of efficiency?
The demands on public services to be more ‘efficient’ have never been so strong.
But if the conventional pre_ion means a combination of cutting costs, shared back offices, call centres and economies of scale - does it actually work?
As desperate public servants start to search for better answers, there is a growing critique which suggests ...
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RSA
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London
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United Kingdom
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A World-s Eye View - There is Always Hope
On the verge of chaos and catastrophe for many decades, Colombia still grows and prospers. Beyond politics and resources, the main factor in the positive change taking place is how the people themselves are changing.
A Colombian perspective from Marcelo Bulk.
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Global Co-operation House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Annual Welfare to Work Conference
Annual Welfare to Work Conference
This year’s 4th Annual Welfare to Work Conference is the leading gathering of stakeholders involved in the current welfare reform. Looking at issues such as changes to the delivery of benefits, the Work Programme and the role of partnership working, this one day event is designed to be an essential resource for al ...
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Business Design Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Report from Tohoku: Christopher and Phillida Purvis
Seven months after The Great East Japan Earthquake, Christopher and Phillida Purvis will report on a recent visit to Tohoku. During this trip they visited towns and villages throughout the region from Soma in the south to Kamaishi in the north. They spoke at length with government officials, staff from charitable and voluntary agencies, people runn ...
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Oriental Club
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London
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United Kingdom
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How to Make your First Million?
The lecture talks about establishing a prosperous business and seeks to present
the crucial factors for success: a good idea, sound financing and a devoted
team. These three ingredients working harmoniously together can make a company truly exceptional.
Leszek Czarnecki is chairman of the Supervisory Board of Getin Holding SA and Getin Noble ...
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LSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Afghan Monologues
This new documentary play from iceandfire theatre brings to the stage the real words of men and women from across Afghan society, as well as Western commentators from the front line.
Ten years. Billions of pounds per year. 140,000 serving foreign troops. Over 11,000 miltary casualties. 9,000 civilians dead. 7.5 million refugees. For millions of ...
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Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Introduction to social enterprise and legal structures Red Ochre
Social enterprises are businesses driven by a social or environmental purpose. As with all businesses, they compete to deliver goods and services, but social purpose is at the very heart of what they do, and any profits made are reinvested towards achieving that purpose.
Many are championing social enterprise as the solution for many of the shor ...
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Business & IP Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Professional Pensions Show 2011
To help clarify the future of pension funds, this event brings together leading experts and pension scheme professionals. Explore the latest developments and choose the best road for your scheme's members during tomorrow's uncertain challenges. ...
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Haymarket House
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London
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United Kingdom
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6 Billion Ways presents
Reclaiming our food system
An evening exploring the idea of food sovereignty through short films, speakers and discussion, followed by DJ set by Asian Dub Foundation’s John Pandit.
While 1 billion people go hungry, hundreds of thousands suffer obesity and food producers in rich and poor countries alike struggle to make a living. The global f ...
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Rich Mix
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London
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United Kingdom
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Reflections: Paul Mason
BBC Newsnight’s Economic Editor Paul Mason joined the BBC in 2001, making his first live appearance the day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He covered the collapse of Lehman Brothers live from outside its New York HQ in September 2008. Since then he has “hardly stopped for breath”, reporting on the social and economic impact of the global meltdown f ...
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frontlineclub
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London
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United Kingdom
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What is the Internet Doing to our Brains?
With the internet now an integral part of everyday life for many people, what does the latest research reveal about the impact on our well-being? At the forefront of the digital revolution are children and young people, and there have been many alarming stories in the media about the effects of the internet on their development. Is there a meaningf ...
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RSA
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London
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United Kingdom
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For Neda - film screening and Q&A
Join us for this exclusive screening and Q&A with the film's diretcor, Anthony Thomas and journalist Saeed Kamali Dehghan.
Chair: Lindsey Hilsum, international editor, Channel 4 News
For Neda tells the story of Iran’s pro-democracy movement, portraying the plight of citizens who strive to free their country from its current governmen ...
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RSA
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London
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United Kingdom
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on Peace and Development , 50 years after Dag Hammarskjold
The standing and authority of United Nations has been questioned after the ongoing crisis in Middle East and North Africa as the UN Resolution for No Fly Zone in Libya is not working as violence and conflict is raging in the area. What should the UN and the International Community should be doing to resolve the situation. To discuss the situation, ...
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Central Hall Westminster
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London
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United Kingdom
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Where Will the Big Society Happen
The utopian Big Society vision now needs to take concrete form, but where will the promised civic flourishing actually take place? What kind of buildings do its builders need? What meeting places, halls or facilities strengthen social cohesion and promote enterprise? In the age of dynamic networks and electronic exchange, is the social role of arch ...
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RSA
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London
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United Kingdom
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RSA,LBC Debate - A future fair for all
Both the government and opposition have pronounced their commitment to fairness - each claiming to have fairer and more even-handed policies than the other. But what exactly constitutes a fair society, and is it possible to achieve it?
Is it fair for poorer, more debt-averse students to be discouraged from attending university due to tuition f ...
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RSA
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London
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United Kingdom
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Who Do You Think You Are
The Olympia has 5 function rooms; the largest can hold a maximum of 4000 guests.
Following on from the enormously popular BBC history series that has celebrities climbing through the branches of their family trees in search of interesting stories, this live geneology show has become an annual event. On stage at Olympia, participants from the ser ...
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Olympia National Hall
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Kensington
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United Kingdom
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Will you dare to dream big? A call to action 2011.
WILL THIS BE YOUR BEST YEAR EVER? WILL IT JUST BE MORE OF THE SAME, OR WILL IT BE ANOTHER YEAR THAT FIZZLES OUT?
ARE YOU WILLING TO LEARN FROM THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS OUR WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN?
WHAT ARE THE TWO ALL-EMPOWERING THINGS THAT VISIONARIES SUCH AS EINSTEIN, BRANSON, GATES, MOTHER THERESA AND STEVE JOBS ALL HAVE IN COMMON?
H ...
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Radisson Edwardian Vanderbilt Hotel
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Future of WikiLeaks
The recent leaks of diplomatic cables have prompted fierce US criticism of the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. But, argues, internet commentator Evgeny Morozov, the US could take a different view.
In the future, WikiLeaks-style organisations could be useful allies of the West as it seeks to husband democracy and support human rights. And, arg ...
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RSA
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London
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United Kingdom
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Transcultural feminine modernism
Seminar Programme ...
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Russell Square: College Buildings
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London
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United Kingdom
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Sky Sustainable Business Series - The Meaning of Money
In 2000 Joseph Stiglitz, then chief economist at the world Bank, was fired after criticising the US Government for its handling of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
Now, the Nobel Prize-winning economist believes similar criticisms can be levelled about the global collapse of 2008. In this, a keynote event of the Book Festival, Stiglitz argues t ...
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The RSA
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London
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United Kingdom
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Inspiration for Change in the City of London
In commemoration of Nigerias historic 50th independence anniversary, The Creativity and Sense Organisation (with the support of various professionals and non-governmental associations), is hosting Inspiration for Change! - a series of empowering and mind-shifting events inspired by the much praised novel Egg-Larva-Pupa-Woman written by Ogo Akubue-O ...
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Inspiration for Change! in the City of
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Fenchurch
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United Kingdom
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Monthly Social
Heard about us and want to find out more? Been on some events and want to meet up again with others who went with you? Then come along to our monthly meeting, held on the first Wednesday of each month. Its a chance to meet us, existing members, and others who may be thinking of joining. The bar are reserving an area for us, and well be the ones wea ...
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Camel and Artechoke
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Ultimate Propaganda Machine
The web has allowed linking up of pressure groups, bringing people power to politics. But what happens when authoritarian regimes get the same idea? Come to learn about the emerging ‘spinternet’ and how we could be turning into cogs in a new propaganda machine. ...
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The Science Museums Dana Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Thinking Like a Social Scientist lunchtime lecture series
In this lunchtime series of lectures, a selection of LSEs academics from across the spectrum of the social sciences explain the latest thinking on how social scientists work to address the critical problems of the day. They survey the leading ideas and contributions made by their discipline, explain the types of problems that are addressed and the ...
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Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
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London
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United Kingdom
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The amazing power of social networks
The notion of the self-determining, self-directed individual is rapidly losing favour as we discover ever more about the way humans operate, behave, and make decisions in social contexts.
Social scientist Nicholas A. Christakis visits the RSA to explain how our social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behaviour, poli ...
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RSA
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London
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United Kingdom
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How rich are baby boomers and how poor are their children
David Willetts will analyse the distribution of income and wealth between different generations in Britain. He will investigate why the baby boomer generation have done particularly well for both income and wealth. He will then look at why the younger generation face much less favourable economic circumstances. Drawing on his new book The Pinch he ...
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Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Ralph Miliband programme public lecture
The credit crunch was followed by a consensus on the centre-Left that the world was entering a progressive moment, and that the financial crisis represented a failure of the ideas of the New Right. Yet, in Europe at least, social democracy has struggled to articulate what the progressive response to the crisis, and has struggled electorally as a ...
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Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Sociology as Literature
Richard Sennetts award winning Sociology of Literature explores the role of narrative in social research and in writing sociology.
Professor Richard Sennett trained at the University of Chicago and at Harvard University, receiving his PhD in 1969. He then moved to New York where, in the 1970s he founded, with Susan Sontag and Joseph Brodsky, Th ...
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Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Build
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London
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United Kingdom
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